Adding map content to Esri Redistricting Online from a places search

Esri Redistricting Online lets you search for and locate geographic entities such as places, coordinates, and addresses. You can add these results to the map. Added results are denoted with a flag.

This section describes how to perform a place search for the following:

• Finding a place by name
• Finding a location using coordinates
• Finding an address, intersection, or postal code

Finding a place by name

Esri Redistricting Online lets you query for place-names. Place-names can include cities, airport codes, and places of interest.

You can find airports by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) code (three letters) or International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) code (four letters). Below is a list of sample IATA and ICAO codes by city.

City name	IATA code	ICAO code
Boston, MA, USA	BOS	KBOS
Charlotte, NC, USA	CLT	KCLT
New York, NY, USA	JFK	KJFK
Los Angeles, CA, USA	LAX	KLAX
Portland, ME, USA	PWM	KPWM

To find a point of interest, monument, or other geographic entity, for example, Empire State Building or Golden Gate Bridge, you will improve the likelihood of locating the point of interest if you specify the country.

Steps:

1. Open the Search panel using one of the following options:
   • On the File ribbon, click Add Content and choose Search. On the Search panel, click Places.
   • Click the right arrow to expand the Search panel. Ensure Places is enabled.
2. Enter a place-name.
3. Press ENTER or click Find .

   All services on the server are displayed in the results.

4. Locate the result you want to add to your district map and click Add.
   Note:

   You can click a result to zoom to the extent of the result.

   The location is denoted on the map with a flag.

Locations are stored in the Redlining layer on the Map Contents panel. Use the Redlining layer to control visibility of added locations.

Finding a location using coordinates

You can search for a location by specifying latitude (north–south) and longitude (east–west) pairs. The latitude must be entered first.

Note:

Spherical coordinates are not always specified in the latitude-longitude order. Take care when you enter coordinates that the coordinates are entered in this order.

Whether you use decimal degrees (DD), degrees/minutes/seconds (DMS), degrees/decimal minutes (DDM), or degrees/minutes/decimal seconds (DMDS), coordinates can be entered by using a minus sign (-) before the numeric value to signify the western or southern quadrants.

Values in DMS coordinates can be separated with special characters—for example, degree symbol (°), apostrophe/minute symbol ('), quotation mark/second symbol (")—when you paste coordinates that have been copied from other dialog boxes or applications.

Below is a list of sample geographic coordinate entries. To find the location of geographic coordinates, enter the coordinates in one of the following formats:

Coordinate type	Example
Decimal degrees and N/S/E/W	40.7166667°N 74.0°W Note: The degree symbol (°) is optional.
Decimal degrees and plus/minus	40.7166667° -74.0° Note: The degree symbol (°) is optional.
Degrees/minutes/seconds and N/S/E/W	40°43'0"N 74°W Note: Spaces may be entered instead of degrees/minutes/seconds symbols.
Degrees/minutes/seconds and plus/minus	40°43'01" -74°0'0"
Degrees/minutes/seconds and plus/minus with characters	40d43m01s, -74d0m0s
Degrees/minutes/seconds and plus/minus with colons	40:43:01, -74:0:0

Steps:

1. Open the Search panel using one of the following options:
   • On the File ribbon, click Add Content and choose Search. On the Search panel, click Places.
   • Click the right arrow to expand the Search panel. Ensure Places is enabled.
2. Enter the coordinates.
3. Press ENTER or click Find .

   All services on the server are displayed in the results.

4. Locate the result you want to add to your district map and click Add.
   Note:

   You can click a result to zoom to the extent of the result.

   The location is denoted on the map with a flag.

Locations are stored in the Redlining layer on the Map Contents panel. Use the Redlining layer to control visibility of added locations.

Finding an address, intersection, or postal code

The Esri Redistricting Online application lets you search for address, intersection, or postal code.

To find an address, you can increase the likelihood of your results by using commas to separate lines in the address and include as much information about the address as you can, for example, 380 New York St. Redlands, CA 92373.

To find an intersection, specify the names of the two streets that intersect separated by an ampersand (&) character, followed by the city in which the streets are located, for example, Oak St & Divisadero St San Francisco, CA.

To find a U.S. ZIP Code area, type the five-digit code in the Search panel text box, for example, 92373. You can also enter ZIP+4 codes, for example, 92373-8100.

Steps:

1. Enable the Search panel:
   • Click the right arrow next to the scale bar to expand the side panel. Ensure the Places option is enabled.
   • On the File panel, click Add Content and choose Search. Ensure the Places option is enabled.
2. Enter an address, intersection, or postal code.
3. Press ENTER or click Find .

   All services on the server are displayed in the results.

4. Locate the result you want to add to your district map and click Add.
   Note:

   You can click a result to zoom to the extent of the result.

   The location is denoted on the map with a flag.

Locations are stored in the Redlining layer on the Map Contents panel. Use the Redlining layer to control visibility of added locations.